Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-08-11

tcrday Wheeling would have had the game
easily. Boys improve your base running
Mansfield is hustling Wheeling for fourth
place.
4 dandy game Of base ball is booked Tor
to-day, but don't say Il word.
Nicholson got pretty bouquet in the
eight inning Yesterday.
Collvcr ought TO put glue in his hands;
then the bali might stay IN them.
The next gaines on the home grounds
will be with Kalamal0u on the 2lth and
18th
Mcmillan made a line one handed pick
up of Nicholson's hot grOunder III the
ninth.
Kalamazoo defeated Mansfield yester-
duy ON the latter's grounds III well con
tested game.
The Wheeling and GAINESVILLE clubs lett
last evening for the latter city, where
they play the balance of the week.
Kimbrr will pitch for Wheeling ia to
DAYS game, aud it is very probable
GAINESVILLE will no. be able 10 do much
with him.
Those double plays, two OF the same
kind, ia the tenth and eleventh hN SuIli-
van. Nicholson to Bell were dandies and
brought down the house.
Shrtzine, the new third haseman, was
unable to play yesterday on account OF his
right arm, which WAS struck by ball and
hurt quite badly on Tuesday.
The Shamrocks aud the Cyclones will
play a match game Of ball on the Island
Park Saturday afternoon ior 80 SIDE.
An admission Of ten cents will he charged
to pay for the ground- Ricyer wall pltch
for the Cyclones.
Pittsburg leads in team fielding, with Il
percentage Of go; Detroit .9l9; New
York 80; Chicago 81, indianapolis SlI
Washington 81; Philadelphia .5OI; ana
Boston guG. In team batting New loIk
leads, Detroit second, Philadelphia thlTh
Chicago fourth; Boston NTH, Plitshutg
sixth. indianapolis seventh, ana WASH
ingtOn eighth.
McCnnn was laid ont in the ninth when
he was trying To get home, by StcniIvI
putting him out. They came together s."
hard that McCann's wind was shut OF
for some time and Iaucr took his place.
| H., had the same accident heirli nm Oh
Tns.,hv McCamn !sd littl" fellow, hat
oh my now he pounds the hail ils IT,
ord Yesterday was siN times at bat. with
live hits and total Of ten.
II has been suggested, and The suggestion
seems to hr a good one, that duunE lh'
four DAYS of the hig Reunion III Wheeling,
! that the schedule Of games IN thr Dh"
| League br Laid aside that All the ,!ui"
play two game apiece, one in the m"t"I Z
| and one iu tia, afternoon "l each III, "u
the Wheeling grounds y thrHltcnian,e
at the reunion will undoubtedly h' I'M
mensr the base bali games would all he
Ipaummzpd very largely. In fact II A.
! th,upht that crowds sucu - TUNED out 10
srr the games Oh the FuuItho' iuIy, would
witness every game. The dr,i e ,"Hih he
arranged satisfactorily, and there - n1
doubt in the world h"t HAT the I'll II
realized l., this ;n.rirs ol -uur, wonid I. a
Generous compensation ~ the Clubs Tor
coming. The idea would be to hayrail the
! eight clubs here during the four days, and
| this fact alone would be- 4 great drawing
card. Then the gaines could he scheduled
| in such 4 manner as would draw The largest
number of people to see them. IL T.
| thought that az least 5000 could TIE
taken in on the -four days, wmth
heing divided among the F'sht
clubs would net 81 neat sum
for each The attention oi President
Yorgelc, and the League clubs Is called to
/ this suggestion.